Posted on 12/24/2016 5:21:25 PM PST by Roberts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
The vote was able to pass the 15-member council on Friday because the United States broke with a long-standing approach of diplomatically shielding Israel and did not wield its veto power as it had on many times before - a decision that Netanyahu called "shameful".
"I instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete within a month a re-evaluation of all our contacts with the United Nations, including the Israeli funding of U.N. institutions and the presence of U.N. representatives in Israel," Netanyahu said in broadcast remarks.
"I have already instructed to stop about 30 million shekels ($7.8 million) in funding to five U.N. institutions, five bodies, that are especially hostile to Israel ... and there is more to come," he said.
The Israeli leader did not name the institutions or offer any further details.
Defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to use its veto, the United States abstained in the Security Council decision, which passed with 14 votes in favor.
Israel for decades has pursued a policy of constructing Jewish settlements on territory captured by Israel in a 1967 war with its Arab neighbors including the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
Most countries view Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and an obstacle to peace. Israel disagrees, citing a biblical connection to the land.
No, they view it as an obstacle to Israel's destruction, which they want.
Can someone in the Obama administration please explain what this "viable two-state solution" looks like and how it can be expected to end the Middle East conflict.
This would be a good first step. Why do they even belong to the UN? Why do we?
The US didn’t betray Israel, Obama did.
“Can someone in the Obama administration please explain what this ‘viable two-state solution’ looks like”
It involves one state in historic Judea where Jews are forbidden to live, and another one where they will eventually all be driven out.
“Can someone in the Obama administration please explain what this ‘viable two-state solution’ looks like”
It involves one state in historic Judea where Jews are forbidden to live, and another one where they will eventually all be driven out.
Here’s hoping the US reconsiders the UN as well.
You mean like they tried to do in the 1967 war, when they go their asses handed to them. You start a war, you lose territory as a consequence there is only one side to blame.
Folks forget that most Blacks hate Jews.
Obama is just making sure those retirement checks(probably start as cash on an unmarked Plane anyway) from his Muslim friends keep coming
OBAMA is P-O’d at US for not continuing his “policies” by
voting for HITLER-Y CLINTON for our POTUS and BILLIOUS
CLINTON, the ORAL SEX addict for our FIRST LADDIE.
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. Showing his butt at every opportunity.
Of course, he IS a MUSLIM, was from the get-go.
Right. Jan 20th.
And in meantime, keep your air force ready.
[the US turned its back on its strongest ally]
The OBAMA Administration betrayed ISRAEL. The American people overwhelmingly support the nation.
Re two-state solution: I’m not against the Palestinians having their own homeland somewhere, but they can’t have Israel.
These countries voted against Israel while the US sat back and did not vote: Britain, Russia, China, France, Angola, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela. Shame on Britain with a so called Conservative PM, shame on NZ, shame on Egypt, shame on Japan. If I was Donald Trump, I would call Netanyahu and ask him to recall his US and UN ambassadors until Jan 20 to show his extreme displeasure and happiness at the new Trump administration.
I guess if you don’t always get your way, you have to throw a huge sh*t-fit.
You don't recall the pre-emptive airstrikes that destroyed the entire Egyptian air force?
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